Means to punch any card of a predetermined value within a group of cards



KREIDER MEANS T0 PUNCH ANY CARD OF A PREDETERMINED July 11, 1950 w. R.

VALUE WITHIN A GROUP OF CARDS Filed Feb. 25, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR wiuiam 'K reider' ATTORNEY July 11, 1950 w. R. KREIDER 2,515,012

- MEANS T0 PUNCH ANY CARD OF A PREDETERMINED VALUE WITHIN A GROUP OF CARDS Filed Feb. 23, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 [[195 lift 7' JIIITOK I aw mum i INVENTOR WILLIAM E. KREIDER BY g A ;EORNEY Patented July 11, 1950 =MEANS TO PUNGH ANY CARD'OF A'PREDE- TERMINED- VAL'UE WITHIN -A GROUP OF CARDS ,Williani'RLKreider, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application February"23, 1946,'Serial'No. 649,628

2,.Claims. -(o1. 164-1114) My invention relates to statistical card punching-machines and relates, particularly. to.- selecting pre-punche'd. cards, :punching the iselectedscards, transferring the selected-punched -cards. and.,-unpunched cards each in an ,-orderly.-man-ner; into a separate; pile-"withoutchanging the-"numerical sequence, and transferring the -mast,er;cards into a separate pile in the original numerical-order.

Statistical card. punching :machinesof. the type described and illustrated in the patentseto Braun, No. 2,21l,093-.-granted.August 13,;1-940- al1d. Pierce, No. 1,862,032 granted June '7, 1-932:haveabeen.- in use. The aforementioned machines feed a master card and anotherrcard from different magazines to separate positions where sensing devices rare adapted vto read the perforations in: certain: sections of each card, comparing thesetperforations and if they are found to represent the same-value, the master card moves to a postingtstationvand a posting-designation is performed-thereon and the twocards .are passed: on to :certain'receiving pocketsof' the machine. If-the designationscompared are of differentr-values,-r one; of the cards is passed on'toa selectedreceiving pocket,--while the other is retained at the comparing-station.

However, in connection with an. insurance policy of a. predetermined value, such-as1$1,000.00, the machines .of the priorart cannotnselectya card of the predetermined: value of interest from a stack of cards. bearing differentprincipalsums and tabulate the interest thereon. \It .is .most desirable to tabulate theedividend 1=on1insurance policies each year. This tabulationis a .hughtask because the .policies held by the .cQmpany .are of different values althoughithe largest percentage of policies. are inf-$1,000.00 value.

Heretofore, when dividends-were topbe calculated it necessitated sending theentire detail file through 1 a multiplying machine foracalculating or computing the -.-dividend,. and punching the dividend into the card; thespeed of this-machine was approximately 1200-cards per hour. However, with my invention .the entire. file can he run through a multi-control reproducinggmachine so: that" approximately 6000* cards per. hour may beextended to include-the dividend.

In the prior art fmulti-contr'ol 'zreproducing machine 'deta'ilcardscould be punched :only in groups, due to the necessityuof :com-paringet-he detail'cards with their masterfcards. :I'he.-present invention allows and enables a f multiecontrol reproducing machine to punch" anycard or cards of a predetermined value or code'iwitlrinxxthe group. iByfthe termffgroupil meansonemcmore detail cards.

Itris, therefore, an object of -my invention.- to embody in a tabulating machine -mechanism whereby a card of a predetermined'value under control of -.a master card may "be selected, a dividend code punchedthereon, and the master card as well as the card of a predetermined value discharged into separate compartments.

Another-"object of my invention-is toaembody mechanism in a tabulating machinewherebya stack of detail cards of different-values under the control of master .cards'may be ,selected and dividend values punched thereon; the :master cards; a-group ofdetail'cards :having the-same va1ue,- and:the remaining cards beingrdischarged into ,-'separate: receiving -,,magazines .without. their numerical order being disturbed.

. Other vobjects-of .my invention are-to provide anximproveddevice of the character described, that is easily and economically produced, which is sturdy in construction, and-which is. highly efiicient in operation.

With the above and related objects in View, my invention consists in the detailsof construction and combinationwof;parts,.as .will be more fully understood from the followingdescription, when, read in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing in which:

Fig. lis a fragmentary side elevational view of part of the mechanism added tofatabulating machine, -.wherein the parts comprising; my invention are in operative position.

Fig.2 is .a fragmentary top view of thermaster card-sensing mechanism, taken along the line 2-,.-2.'of--Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is -a-,-fragmentary-. enlarged, front view. of the floating [latch ,arm and its restraining member.

Fig. 4 is-aperspective view of the retractlset bars which do not retract thepunehing-bars.

Fig.15--is at'front view of a card-upon whicha code; hole-is to he: punched for indicating a. definite value.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary. elevational-view of a tabulating machine wherein my invention-is partially shown.

Fig. '7 is a: sectional View taken along 1 the. line 'l -J of Figure 1.

Referring now in detail to" the drawingvwherein similar reference characters refer ,to similar parts. I, show the elements which are adaptedrto be attached to a tabulating machine, whereby a master card will direct a detail card havinga predetermined punched hole 'thereinl in. ordereto have the detail card with its predetermined punched hole therein receive another or 1 ag-zseries of other punched holes therein, and if a detail card does not have the predetermined punched hole then that detail card will be discarded into a pile separated from the newly punched detail card.

The mechanism by which the aforementioned actions take place is attached to a tabulating machine of" the type illustrated in Patents Nos. 2,211,093 and 1,862,032, and comprises a manual control lever, generally designated as A, whereby the mechanism is rendered operative or inoperative. body I 13, having a handle I2, which protrudes through an opening I4 in the casing I6 of the tabulating machine.

A spring 18 tends to pull the control lever A The control lever A has a relatively long downwardly so that either notch 22 or notch 23 in the control lever A fits upon a pin 24 on an arm to prevent rectilinear motion of the lever A.

Whenthe notch 23 is on the pin 24, the mechanism is in operative position, and when the other notch'22, closest to the wall I6, is on the pin 24, the mechanism is inoperative.

An' elongated slot 26 is at one end of the lever A in order to admit a shoulder screw 28 on a holding lever, generally designated as B, the

lever B being attached to and holding a shaft,

-generally designated as C. The shaft C carries with it a rigidly attached arm, generally designated as D, which arm has a downwardly extending finger 32 which is adapted to be engaged by only one of the pins 311A which senses a hole through the detail card 32. The finger 30 is located over a series of punched holes 32A and at this point it may be explained that the detail card 32 is passed into the lower magazine after it is punched, but if it is not punched, then it goes into a separate pile of unpunched detail cards.

In the event the finger 3!] of lever D is engaged by one of the pins 38A passing through the detail 3 card, then the lever E which is firmly aflixed to the shaft C is rotated counter-clockwise, thereby moving the elongated link F downwardly. The link F has an elongated slot 3 adjacent one end therein so that a shoulder screw 36 on the end of lever B may move within the slot 34. A spring 38 tends to pull the end 411 of the lever E and the end 42 of link F together. The other end of the link F has a pivot 44 to a floating latch arm, generally designated as G. The arm G is self restoring and has a stud or pivot H at one end therein, which stud H is afiixed to an arm 45 which is pivoted at a fixed pivot 43, hence the arm A6 may be oscillated about the pivot 48, carrying with it the stud H and the latch arm G. A roller is aifixed to the arm 46 and this roller 50 is engaged by a cam J which is revolved continuously clockwise by the drive shaft 60 in the punching section, as shown in Figs. '7 and 8. The drive shaft 61] corresponds to the secondary operating shaft in Fig. 5 of Patent No. 2,211,093. The shaft is driven by the main drive motor, designated as 25 in the Patent No. 2,211,093, Fig. 2, which operates continuously. Thus, it can be seen at this point that as the cam J revolves continuously counterclockwise about its shaft 60, it moves the upper end of the floating arm G downwardly, since fixed pivot 48 is above the roller 51] and the cam axis also is below the pivot 48, duringa predetermined period of the cams cycle, and the force exerted by the link F upon the fioating arm G produces two motionsin the floating latch arm G.

Ahelicalspring 5i aifixed at one end to the latch arm G and at the other end to a fixed point 5IA pulls the latch arm against the action of the cam J. A second helical spring 53 is attached at one end to the pivot H, and is attached at its other end to a fixed point 53A. The springs 5i and 53 cooperate to maintain the floating latch arm G at a constant angle during its movement.

Adjacentkthe upper end of the floating arm G is a right angle recess, the horizontal portion of which is GI and the vertical portion of which is designated as G2, and within each portion a single pin KI may pass. In Fig. 3, I show the normal position of the pin KI in the slot GI.

The pin KI is rigidly attached to a pivoted lever K, which controls a shaft L on which an arm M is rigidly attached. The arm M has a roller MI which actuates a slide N mounted upon a base P, which slide controls the set bars to allow punching. The control hole in the detail card permits punching by preventing the retract slide from releasing the setbars.

When pin KI is in the recess portion GI and latch lever G is rocked, then the lever K'is rocked or oscillated; however, when the pin KI is in the recess portion G2, the lever K remains stationary and'the shaft L and arm M remain stationary.

Upon the upper edge of the floating arm G is a corner notch G3 within which a latch QI may rest. The latch QI is pivoted at 52 and is held by a spring 54 to swing in a clockwise position. A rest Q2 limits the clockwise movement of the spring QI. As Fig. 1 is viewed, the latch QI is within the notch G3 and disengaged from a V- shaped notch G4 in the upper end of the floating arm G; hence, the arm G may be pulled so that the latch QI rests either in the notch G4 or in the notch G3.

A summary of my invention described to this point is as follows:

A detail card 32 having a predetermined code punch hole, indicating the amount of the policy, is positioned in a lower card feed magazine. A master card also is placed in an upper card feed magazine on the tabulating machine. If the sensing mechanism, after comparing the master card and the detail card, finds that the detail card is to be punched, i. e; dividend to be added, then the detail card is shifted on the second stroke of the machine to a punching chamber. The pins 30A in the master card sensingstation move upwardly to sense a dividend code punch, thereby striking the finger 30 of the lever D, assuming the lever A is in operative position. The lever E turns counterclockwise moving lever F downwardly, so that'pin KI may move into slot portion G2. A rocker arm QI falls in end slot G3, thereby holding the latch arm G in a predetermined position.

In the unlocked position the rotation of the cam J clockwise, engaging roller 50', moves the latch arm G downwardly so that the pin KI of lever K is "oscillated counterclockwise, carrying with it the shaft L and the roller MI of arm M, so that the slide N moving to the right retracts the set bars which are not wanted; that is, the slide N prevents punching, but the control hole P4 in the detail card 32 permits punching by preventing the retract slide from releasing the set bars. After the card 32 is'punched so that the pin 30A is retracted, the spring 38 pulls the lever E to restore the position of the lever D. As the lever E is rotated clockwise, it moves lever F upwardly, pulling the latch G so that arm QI falls into the V-shaped notch G4, thereby holding pin Kl in notch portion GI thus placing the'arm K so that movement can occur when cam J strikes roller 50.

Poo'ket segregation In order to segregate the cards into diflerent pockets, I place upon the shaft L a lever B which rotates with the shaft L. The lever R has a pin RI thereon which fits into a slot SI on a link S which is pivoted at S2 and actuates a lever T that is mounted upon and is adapted to rotate a shaft U that controls the pocket segregating mechanism on the machine (not shown).

In Fig. 4 I show a modification of my invention whereby a latch Q3 holds the latch arm G in position.

Although my invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim as my invention:

1. A method of operatinga multi-control reproducing machine to select a card of a predetermined value or code from a group of cards, punching said selected card, moving said punched cards to a pile, and moving said unpunched cards to a pile separate from the pile of said punched cards.

2. In combination with a multi-control reproducing machine a lever adapted to be actuated by a punch, means connected to said lever to actuate a floating arm, a V-shaped notch in the upper part of said floating arm, a second notch in the upper end of said floating arm, means to engage said second notch to hold said floating arm in a predetermined position, means actuated by said floating arm to control a slide, a comparing section on said machine said slide being adapted to release or to hold said comparing section, and means to actuate said floating arm.

WILLIAM R. KREIDER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,694,631 Trojani Dec. 11, 1928 2,211,093 Braun Aug. 13, 1940 2,308,038 Rabenda Apr. 9, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 268,850 Great Britain Apr. 4, 1927 

